[PATCH] powerpc/fadump: fix race between pstore write and fadump crash trigger

[PATCH] powerpc/fadump: fix race between pstore write and fadump crash trigger

[Sourabh Jain]

When we enter into fadump crash path via system reset we fail to update
the pstore.

On the system reset path we first update the pstore then we go for fadump
crash. But the problem here is when all the CPUs try to get the pstore
lock to initiate the pstore write, only one CPUs will acquire the lock
and proceed with the pstore write. Meanwhile, other CPUs who did not get
the lock, do not wait for their turn to write to the pstore and simply
proceed with the next operation which is fadump crash. One of the CPU who
proceeded with fadump crash path, triggers the crash and do not wait for
the CPU who gets the pstore lock to complete the pstore update.

Timeline diagram to depicts the sequence of events that leads to an
unsuccessful pstore update when we hit fadump crash path via system reset.

                 1    2     3    ...      n   CPU Threads
                 |    |     |             |
                 |    |     |             |
 Reached to   -->|--->|---->| ----------->|
 system reset    |    |     |             |
 path            |    |     |             |
                 |    |     |             |
 Try to       -->|--->|---->|------------>|
 acquire the     |    |     |             |
 pstore lock     |    |     |             |
                 |    |     |             |
                 |    |     |             |
 Got the      -->| +->|     |             |<-+
 pstore lock     | |  |     |             |  |-->  Didn't get the
                 | --------------------------+     lock and moving
                 |    |     |             |        ahead on fadump
                 |    |     |             |        crash path
                 |    |     |             |
  Begins the  -->|    |     |             |
  process to     |    |     |             |<-- Got the chance to
  update the     |    |     |             |    trigger the crash
  pstore         | -> |     |    ... <-   |
                 | |  |     |         |   |
                 | |  |     |         |   |<-- Triggers the
                 | |  |     |         |   |    crash
                 | |  |     |         |   |      ^
                 | |  |     |         |   |      |
  Writing to  -->| |  |     |         |   |      |
  pstore         | |  |     |         |   |      |
                   |                  |          |
       ^           |__________________|          |
       |               CPU Relax                 |
       |                                         |
       +-----------------------------------------+
                          |
                          v
            Race: crash triggered before pstore
                  update completes

In order to avoid the race between the CPU who proceeds with the pstore
and the CPU who triggers the crash, a delay of 100 milliseconds is added
on fadump crash path to allow pstore update to complete before we trigger
the crash.

Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index ff0114aeba9b..9872bb528389 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@
 #include <asm/fadump-internal.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 
+
+/* The CPU who acquired the lock to trigger the fadump crash should
+ * wait for other CPUs to complete their tasks (for example updating
+ * pstore) before triggering the crash.
+ *
+ * The timeout is in milliseconds.
+ */
+#define CRASH_TIMEOUT		100
+
 static struct fw_dump fw_dump;
 
 static void __init fadump_reserve_crash_area(u64 base);
@@ -634,6 +643,13 @@ void crash_fadump(struct pt_regs *regs, const char *str)
 
 	fdh->online_mask = *cpu_online_mask;
 
+
+	/* If we reached here via system reset path then let's
+	 * wait for other CPU to complete the pstore update.
+	 */
+	if (TRAP(regs) == 0x100)
+		mdelay(CRASH_TIMEOUT);
+
 	fw_dump.ops->fadump_trigger(fdh, str);
 }
 
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